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Russ Widstrand Photographer identified, sourced and secured 3 locations for a Shafer Vineyard’s still and video shoot. Widstrand then photographed the final production over three days, personally negotiating with each location and homeowner. The locations in Lake Oswego, Eastmoreland and Downtown Portland were selected for their unique and differentiated narratives: a residential cocktail party, an outdoor […]

View of Shafer Vineyards, tasting room and winery. Photo by Russ Widstrand Wine Spectator recently ran an article on my client Shafer Vineyard’s classic Napa Cabernet… Hillside Select. This was a retrospective tasting of the wine from 1978-2009. One of my photographs was used to illustrate the article, shown above. Author James Laube had this […]

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True Confessions of a Social Networking Doubter Historically I’ve been a doubter of social networking, though I’m working hard at changing that. I conceptually understood social networking’s potential in self-published, self-promoted and network-distributed marketing for the masses…”If you tell two friends, and they tell two friends, and so on.” And yet I viewed it a […]

Widstrand’s client, Doug Shafer, president of Shafer Vineyards, talks about winning Wine Spectator’s 2012 Wine of the Year on national TV. Announced in Fall 2013, Widstrand’s still images of Shafer’s vineyards were shown mid-way in the segments. Doug has this to say about working with Widstrand… “Russ has become a trusted partner for Shafer projects that require […]